# Amputations at Republic Services
> OSHA SIR `2016065273` · 6/14/2016 · STOUGHTON, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate
- **Source:** Gates
- **Secondary source:** High winds, gusts, turbulence
## Employer
- **Name:** Republic Services
- **Location:** 12 Buckley Road, STOUGHTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 02072
- **NAICS:** 562112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was servicing a customer's compactor that was inside a large cinder block enclosure with two access gates. As he was closing the left gate, a gust of wind quickly blew the gate closed, pinching his thumb where the gates meet in the middle. He suffered a partial finger amputation.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*